It is the Creator´s Grand Army, and he is the Commander-in-Chief... With these facts before you, now try to guess man´s chiefest pet name for this ferocious Commander-in-Chief? I will save you the trouble but you must not laugh. It is Our Father in Heaven.

The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopt.

The thing for us to do is just to do our duty, and not worry about whether anybody sees us do it or not.

Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young, the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step. The locust-trees were in bloom, and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above, it was green with vegetation, and it lay just far enough away to seem a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.